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If the first volume only has one episode, I'm going to laugh my ass off!

Laugh away--from Animeondvd.com:

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Galaxy Angel Rune Details (09:22 PM EDT): Some of the specs in yesterday's press release from Bandai Visual USA were a bit vague when it came to Galaxy Angel Rune. We've confirmed today that the first volume is indeed $19.99 and contains a single episode. We've also confirmed that the series will be in Japanese only with English language subtitles.

Galaxy Angel Rune Details (09:22 PM EDT): Some of the specs in yesterday's press release from Bandai Visual USA were a bit vague when it came to Galaxy Angel Rune. We've confirmed today that the first volume is indeed $19.99 and contains a single episode. We've also confirmed that the series will be in Japanese only with English language subtitles.

WHAAAAAAAAAAAT?!?!?! NO FAIR!!!! I WANNA HAVE AN ENGLISH DUB!!! What the flip is Bansai Visual USA THINKING?!?! I wanna send a full-fledged e-mail to them NOW!!!!!

1) Bandai Visual USA either did not do proper market research, or they should fire whoever person or whatever company that did the research immediately.

2) Assuming no price adjustments are going to be made, GAII discs will probably sell worse than the Toei discs. In any case, apart from Gunbuster 2 (which probably still has enough fans that will pay $39 for 2 eps/disc), Bandai Visual USA is doomed.

3) "You know if your anime company is in trouble when" ... "the webmaster of a major Anime-on-DVD site comments:"

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Originally Posted by Chris Beveridge

I was in such a fit of laughter over Galaxy Angel Rune that I lost track of time

In the past, several companies (especially Pioneer/Geneon) have released 13 episodes series on 4 discs before, at the normal MSRP of $30 per disc. That makes the total series cost $120. Bandai Visual USA is $50 more than that.

5) The price point will probably cause no B&M store in the US to carry their DVDs. The lack of a dub makes the DVDs even less interesting from a casual fan point of view. That leaves the hardcore anime fan that already does most of it's anime buying online: but unless such a fan is terribly rich or a huge GA fan, they're likely to spend their cash on something with more value for money.

6) Maybe they'd get the point if we all send them postcards with "condolences on your imminent bankruptcy"

5) The price point will probably cause no B&M store in the US to carry their DVDs. The lack of a dub makes the DVDs even less interesting from a casual fan point of view. That leaves the hardcore anime fan that already does most of it's anime buying online: but unless such a fan is terribly rich or a huge GA fan, they're likely to spend their cash on something with more value for money.

Actually, their stuff is being distroed by Geneon, so I suspect we WILL see a few copies of it in the B&M stores (probably because of some contractual obligations).

I'll make sure to complain to the local store staff that they mismarked the price, and try and get them to sell it to me for 29.99 instead .

Yeah... figures. BV isn't going to be doing any dubs until it sees how the sales are for its undubbed stuff.

Here's my prediction:

BV execs: "Hmmm, the undubbed shows are selling just as well as the ones we did with dubs. I.e. they aren't selling at all!! What are we going to do now?!"
BV execs sniviling evil underling: "I think they have too many episodes on each disk, clearly the american consumer doesn't have that kind of attention span."
BV exec: "I see, go on..."
BV execs sniviling evil underling: "And we aren't charging enough per disc. The americans feel our low prices are insulting their superior economic status! A proper markup for all the extra effort we put in from our R2 releases should do wonders for sales."
BV exec: "Of course! You're right!"

Bandai Visual USA will also be part of the “Galaxy Angel Rune” panel on Friday, June 29, 3:00-3:50 p.m. in Live Programming Room #2. Participating in the panel will be “Galaxy Angel Rune” voice actor Yuuna Inamura, who will also make appearances at the Bandai Visual USA and Broccoli International USA booth to sign copies of “Galaxy Angel Rune” volume 1, which is being made available for purchase before the official July 10 release date. Ms. Inamura's appearance is sponsored by anime content developer Broccoli Co. Ltd.